Sign-illuminating device.



ING. 877,362. n PATENTBD JAN. 21, 1'908. W. H. NIooLAY.

'SIGN ILLU MIN ATING DEVICE.'

APPLICATION FILED MAY (i, 1907.

HAR'wARE www ATTORNEYSy A *nu 877,362.

Y ToaZZ whom 'it may concern:

WELLIAM H. roorjiir, or NEW Yoan, N. Y.

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specification ef'nettersraiena Patented Jan. 21, 1908.

applicaties my 6.1907. sarai No. 372.255.

,Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. NiooLAr,

a citizen of the United. States,and a resident of the city of New York,borough. of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved VSign-Illuminating Device, of which thelollowing is a full, clear, and vexact description. This invention hasfor its primary object to provide means adapted to enable asignto beluminated evenly on both sides by a series of lamps, and to enable saidlamps to illumi- 'nate With a minimum amount of power the front of astore andthe side Walk connected therewith.

Other objects relating to the specilic construction and specialarrangement el? the sev-= eral partev oi the device will be understood Ifrom-the following description and accompanying drawings, in Whichdrawings. like characters Yof reference indicate likeparts tlrroughoutthe views, and in which ,Figure A1 isa side View of a device embodymyinvention; Fig. 2 is a vertical'trans- `verse section taken on the lineof Fig.' 1;

Fig. 3' is a transverse section ci portion or the devicesliown in Fig..y2 enlarged; .Fig a is a front elevation, 'partlylbroken away, of areflector;' and' Fig-5 is a side elevation of a f with, and end plates3.

f device for suspending 'a' sign.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawings, l represents inclined topplates of a' hood having side platesZ connected there- A lamp support L1lis connected with the upperportion of the hood'in any suitable manner,and rovided with incandescent lamps 5 exten mg in a longitudinalseries-f centrally of the hood. A sign is suspended below the hood inline with the lam s 5 so tha"l the light from said lam ys will' re ecton bothtsides oi said sign. Re ecting mirrors 7 are attached to orconnected With the top plates of the hood, and the sides of the hood arealso provided with nii'rors 8 mounted thereon any suitable 'nannenpreferably in frames 9 adapted to the hood, preferably by turning inwardthe i lower edges 13 thereof. The side mirrors 8 may best be constructedin sections detachably secured to the frames 9 by means of clasps 1lihaving a pivotal connection with lugs formed in said frame and heldagainst the reflector sections by means of springs 16, one end of whichis iXed to the frame of the reflector and the other end Wound around orbearing against the clasp 14 in any suitable manner, so as to normallyhold said clasps against the reflector sections by spring tension.Either of the sections of the reflector may thereby be removed therefromby freeing the clasps 111 from said sections and allowing them to resumetheir normal position after a new section has been inserted in theframe. ln the construction herein shown and described, retaining clasps14 are shown connected with the 'upper and'loWer portions of thereilector frame. Such construction may be modied, however, by using thecli s on either the 'upper or lower portions oi the reector frame, andholding the portions of the frame opposite to such clip in` any othersuitable manner. The sign 6 is preferably provided With adjustingmechanism of any. suitable construction adaptedto su port the sign andframe at any desired height from the ground. -ln the construction hereinshown and described supporting bars 17 are ixedly attached to the endsof the sig'n and Aprovided with a plurality of' spherical. heads 18adapted to engage grappling arms 19 having lapertmes 20Jada ted toreceive a link or chain 21 by means o Which the up er end` ofY thegrappling arms 19 may be raWn together, when pressure is exertedon theinner portion of said arms, thereby clamping and olding the sphericalheads 18 of the supporting bars 7 firmly in position. The bars 17 may inthe first instance be constructed with any desired number of heads 18,and when the device is permanently placed in osition it may be adjustedat the desired e evation relatively to the means towhich it is attached,by cutting oi'lthe heads A18, not required., and thereby reducing thebars 17 in length and securing the sign and hoodat the desiredelevation. l

When the device is in use the lamps 5 illuminato both sides of theiframe 6 because. of its arran'ge'nrientdirectly above said frame, andin linetherewith.` The side reflectors illuminate the sides of the signand distribute the light evenly on all portions of both sides torni.

thereof, while the top mirrors 7 reflect all of .the light downward andlaterally, illuminatthe side reflectors are inclined relatively to the'side ci the hood to their greatest extent, and in case where the hoodand sign are' arranged nearer to the ground the side reflectors may beadjusted to a more nearly vertical position.

The construction herein shown and described embodies the. inventioninits preferred Other means having similar capabilities may be used,however, without departing froml the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with afhood having re'- llectors, of a series oflamps extending centrally oli' the hood, and a sign arranged below andin line with said lamps.

2. The combination with a hood having top and side reflectors, ofa/series of lamps extending centrally of the hood, and.a sign arrangedbelow said lamps and in linethere* with.

3. The combination of a vhood having inclined top plates and side platesconnected therewith, and provided on their inner sides with rellectors,a series of lamps extending centrally of the hood, and a sign arrangedbelow said lamps in line therewith. v

4. lThe combination with a hood having inermee clined top reflectors, ofside reflectors adapted to be adjusted in respect to their verticalinclination, a series of lamps extendn centrally of the hood, and a signarranged be ow and in line with said lamps.

' 5.- The combination with a hood having top reflectors, ofsiderellectors mounted on frames adjustable in res ect to their verticalinclination. on said hood? means for securing said frames in theiradjusted position, a series of lamps extending centrally of the hood,and

the siffn arranged below said: lamps and in line tlerewith.

6. The combination withahood having rel'lectors, .comprising detachablesections, of a frame adapted to receive said sections, lspring actuatedclasps holding the sections in saidA frame, means for adjusting thevertical inclination of said frames in said hood, a series of lampsextending centrally ofthe hood, and a sig'n arranged below said lamps;

7. The combination with a hood having` .top and side reflectors, of aseries of lamps exe tending centrally of the hood, a sign arrangedbeneath said lamps, and in line therewith, and vertically extending suporting bars.

y 8. The combination witii a hood having top and side reflectors, of aseries of lamps extending centrally oi' the hood, a sign arranged belowsaid lamps, and in line therewith, supporting bars attached to the endsof said hood and provided with spherical heads, and means for clampingsaid spherical heads.

In testimony ,whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WILLIAM II NICOLAY.- Witnesses: v

ROBERT W. HARDE, JOHN P. Davis.

